Scope and Contents Caroline Bartlett Crane became concerned with sanitary conditions in meat processing. After doing some investigating on her own, she was successful in promoting the passage of a meat inspection law in the State of Michigan. She then turned her focus to the national level, having support of U.S. Congressman Nelson. She claimed that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture was not enforcing standards for the meat packing industry and that the public was often receiving meat from diseased animals. In 1912...